unquenchable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English un- English quench Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English quenchable English unquenchable From un- + quenchable.
Meanings
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That cannot be quenched.
After a twelve-mile run in the hot sun, his thirst felt unquenchable.
Alas! thus ever does the weakness of our nature rebuke its strength, and genius is brought to the level—ay, below the level—of common humanity, by an unquenchable thirst for its applause.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 3–4:President Trump did not need to warp intelligence to justify his decision. But he did anyway, to satisfy his unquenchable ego.
2025 June 28, Maureen Dowd, “Obfuscating on Obliterating”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:With an unquenchable enthusiasm for locomotives and their work, at an early age I had commenced to keep engine and traffic-recording notebooks, compiled in a schoolboy's round hand.
1946 March and April, R. A. H. Weight, “Euston to the North-West”, in Railway Magazine, page 69:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unquenchable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unquenchable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unquenchably · unquenchableness
Translations (10)
fi sammumaton (that cannot be quenched) · pl nieugaszony (that cannot be quenched) · hu olthatatlan (that cannot be quenched) · fr inextinguible (that cannot be quenched) · bg неутолим (that cannot be quenched) · de unstillbar (that cannot be quenched) · grc ἄσβεστος (that cannot be quenched) · nl onlesbaar (that cannot be quenched) · hu csillapíthatatlan (that cannot be quenched) · de unlöschbar (that cannot be quenched)